Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata)
This native plant, called Green Carpetweed, is found throughout the United States. Small and sprawling, this plant is found on roadsides and other disturbed, cultivated areas such as gardens and fields.
This inconspicuous plant produces small one eighth inch five petaled, white flowers. The leaves are whorled (around the stem) oblong, and one half inch long.
The Green Carpetweed is considered invasive in some areas. In newly cultivated areas, such as gardens and fields, it can colonize and spread rapidly forming a low, green vegetative mat.
The leaves of this plant are editable and have a few medicinal uses.
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